Manmohan Singh
India quarterly growth slows to 5.3%
Nov 30, 2012 06:05 EST
India's economic growth eased to 5.3 percent in the July-September quarter, extending a slowdown since the start of the year, data showed Friday, but analysts said a "modest recovery" was looming.
Indian PM confident of any vote test on retail reform
Nov 27, 2012 15:44 EST
India's prime minister said Tuesday the government was confident of winning any test of strength in parliament over its controversial move to allow foreign supermarkets to operate in the country.
India's reform drive faces unruly parliament test
Nov 22, 2012 08:28 EST
India's parliament adjourned in uproar on the first day of what promises to be a stormy new session for the weakened government and its pro-market reform drive.
India's reform drive faces test in unruly parliament
Nov 22, 2012 03:35 EST
India's parliament adjourned in uproar on Thursday on the first day of what promises to be a stormy new session for the weakened government and its pro-market reform drive.
Indian govt and opposition face off as parliament opens
Nov 22, 2012 01:34 EST
India's shaky government and the opposition locked horns on Thursday as parliament re-opened for a crucial session that will see a recent string of pro-market reforms being hotly contested.
Indian govt and opposition face off as parliament opens
Nov 21, 2012 17:43 EST
India's shaky government and the opposition are to lock horns on Thursday as parliament re-opens for a crucial session that will see a recent string of pro-market reforms being hotly contested.
Bollywood gem sneaks into US box office top 10
Nov 19, 2012 19:16 EST
The final chapter of the blockbuster "Twilight" vampire franchise took the biggest bite out of North America's weekend box office -- while a Bollywood film made a rare showing in the top 10.
India bids farewell to firebrand Hindu leader Thackeray
Nov 18, 2012 10:16 EST
Hundreds of thousands of mourners on Sunday attended the public cremation in Mumbai of Bal Thackeray, chief of the Hindu nationalist Shiv Sena party and one of India's most divisive politicians.
Mumbai funeral for firebrand Hindu leader Thackeray
Nov 18, 2012 09:22 EST
Huge crowds thronged the streets of Mumbai on Sunday to witness the funeral procession of Bal Thackeray, leader of the Hindu nationalist Shiv Sena party and one of India's most divisive politicians.
India says farewell to firebrand Hindu leader Thackeray
Nov 18, 2012 03:02 EST
Huge crowds gathered in Mumbai on Sunday to witness the funeral procession of Bal Thackeray, chief of the Hindu nationalist Shiv Sena party and one of India's most divisive politicians.
India says farewell to firebrand Hindu leader Bal Thackeray
Nov 17, 2012 23:08 EST
Mourners were expected to throng Mumbai's streets on Sunday to bid farewell to Bal Thackeray, chief of the extremist Hindu nationalist Shiv Sena party and one of India's most divisive politicians.
India's right-wing Hindu leader Bal Thackeray dies
Nov 17, 2012 11:02 EST
Fiery Indian nationalist Bal Thackeray, who founded the right-wing Hindu party Shiv Sena, died on Saturday after suffering cardiac arrest, his doctor said.
India's public health system has collapsed: minister
Nov 16, 2012 02:42 EST
India's rural development minister said Friday the country's public health system had "collapsed" in a blunt assessment of his government's failure to extend a social safety net for the poor.
India's telecom auction raises 25 percent of target
Nov 14, 2012 14:46 EST
India's government announced on Wednesday it raised just one-quarter of what it expected from an auction of mobile spectrum -- a setback industry critics blamed on excessively high pricing.
Suu Kyi urges India support for democracy in Myanmar
Nov 14, 2012 14:31 EST
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday urged the people of India to help her country secure democracy as she paid her first visit for 25 years.
Indian PM scraps trip to poll-bound Japan
Nov 14, 2012 12:04 EST
India's prime minister has scrapped a trip to Tokyo scheduled to start Thursday after Japan's ruling party announced elections for next month, a spokesman in New Delhi said.
India's telecom auction raises 25% of target
Nov 14, 2012 11:52 EST
India's government announced on Wednesday it had raised one-quarter of what it expected from an auction of mobile spectrum that telecom industry critics said had been overpriced.
Suu Kyi urges Indian support in democracy push
Nov 14, 2012 09:12 EST
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi urged the people of India to help her country achieve democracy as she paid a landmark visit on Wednesday to New Delhi.
Suu Kyi meets PM Singh on landmark India visit
Nov 14, 2012 03:37 EST
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for talks in New Delhi on Wednesday, after warning India not to get carried away by reforms across its border.
India PM to get $15 bn investment on Japan visit
Nov 14, 2012 01:16 EST
India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is set to sign deals for infrastructure projects worth $15 billion on a visit to Japan this week, a report said Wednesday.
